BEFORE ANOTHER CAGE.

_A Boozed and Argumentative Rustic._ I sez as that 'un's a fawks, an'

I'm ready to prove it on anny man.

_A Companion (soothingly)._ Naw, naw, 'e baint naw fawks. I dunno what

'tis,--but taint naw fawks nawhow.

_B. and A. Rustic._ I tell 'ee _'tis_ a fawks, I'm sure on it. (_To_

Mild Visitor.) _Baint'e_ a fawks, Master, eh?

_Mild Visitor._ Well, really, if you ask me, I should say it was a

hyena.

_The Rustic's Comp._ A hyanna! ah, that's a deal moor like; saw 'tis!

_The Rustic._ A Pianner? do 'ee take me fur a vool? I knaws a pianner

when I sees 'un. Farmer BROWN, 'e 'as a pianner, and 'tain't like naw

fawks! I'll knack th' 'ed arf o' thee, tryin' to stoof me oop i' that

way. Wheer be th' man as said 'twas a pianner? [Mild V. _has discreetly

lost himself in the crowd_.

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